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and ordered the streetcars to stop running. After the governor intervened and owner
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Colorado called "Reno's thugs," who were responsible for inciting riots in mining strikes in Colorado to create crises needing U.S. Army intervention. After assuring the company owners that the county sheriff would keep the peace, he and his officers ran
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eight murderers. The crowd had threatened the lynching for three nights and attacked on March 15 using clubs, crowbars and ropes. The sheriff told them he had moved the men out. The crowd persisted in calling for dynamite to destroy the jail, and police called the Omaha Fire
Department to assist. In
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was burgeoning. Restructuring of major industries rapidly cost tens of thousands of jobs in Omaha in the railroad and meatpacking industries in the decades after 1950. Members of the working class who could not quickly adapt were isolated in North and South Omaha as the economy retracted. With
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and continued employing strikebreakers. In early May violence broke out, with workers' attacking the streetcars and strikebreakers by rifle attacks, violent beatings and bombings across the city. In June riots broke out with mobs' burning streetcars and looting. There were two deaths. The city
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pitted state militia against unionized strikers. Reportedly the first Omaha riot to receive national attention, on March 12 the
Nebraska governor called in U.S. Army troops from Fort Omaha to protect strikebreakers at the Burlington Railroad. They brought along
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was deeply based in economic and social competition as older immigrants had to contend with different ethnic groups from eastern and southern Europe and
African Americans from the South. The latter were recruited for jobs in the expanding meatpacking plants as
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decreasing revenues, the city and businesses decreased investments in existing housing and infrastructure. At the same time, the city was expanding away from the river, with growth to new suburbs and development in the west, leading to
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requested their dispersal. The crowd demolished police cars and roamed the North 24th Street business corridor, throwing firebombs and demolishing storefronts. Millions of dollars of damage was caused to businesses in the
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farmers blockaded roads into Omaha. For three nights picketers clashed with police, including one incident where 1,000 bystanders watched as forty deputies were pelted with logs and rocks as they led farm trucks through a
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African-American youth was shot and killed by an officer, and fleeing students caused thousands of dollars of damage to businesses and cars. The following day local barber
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persists in part because of problems with crime arising from dysfunctions of poverty, entwined issues of class and race, and the relative geographic and social isolation of some of the minority communities.
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traveling into South Omaha in order to keep them safe. After the plants were forced to close for several weeks in August and
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outbreak that primarily afflicted guests. Several guests, mainly traveling businessmen, stirred to riot-like proportions when they were kept in the building after almost a week, claiming they were denied
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jail where the Greek immigrant was being held. Police distracted the crowd while the prisoner was moved to the Omaha City Jail, but after discovering this, the mob marched to Greektown, a local
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helped prevent a riot at Horace Mann Junior High School. Recognized as a community leader, Chambers finished his law degree and was elected to the
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who hung an anarchist flag outside a building. As a larger crowd started gathering, police arrived and removed the flag without further incident.
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threatened large-scale riots throughout the city after Nebraska state law forced a complete alteration of the police and fire boards in the city.
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programs at the college. Their actions forced the closure of OU for several days and disrupted traffic along
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in order to take Brown from his cell. This was reported to be the first instance in the 20th century of the
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More than 800 students, children of European immigrant laborers in South Omaha, protested the presence of
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1951:"Strikers rioting in South Omaha; Two Men Injured and Serious Trouble Is Anticipated To-day"
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gathered at North 24th and Lake streets in the evening. They responded violently when the
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2005:March 13, 1895. Retrieved 4/16/08.
1957:August 8, 1894. Retrieved 4/21/08.
1925:April 21, 1894. Retrieved 4/20/08.
1909:April 25, 1894. Retrieved 4/20/08.
1848:March 12, 1882. Retrieved 4/16/08.
1764:August 2, 1895. Retrieved 4/16/08.
1582:deployment of federal troops there
935:6,000 strikers at the South Omaha
886:they did in cities across the U.S.
116:list of riots and civil unrest in
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3103:Great Plains Black History Museum
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2700:July 11, 1971. Retrieved 4/20/08.
2684:June 26, 1969. Retrieved 4/21/08.
2547:July 11, 1959. Retrieved 4/21/08.
2505:Black history strong at Creighton
2466:Douglas County Historical Society
2445:June 16, 1935. Retrieved 4/16/08.
2429:June 30, 1935. Retrieved 4/21/08.
2403:June 19, 1935. Retrieved 4/20/08.
2349:Douglas County Historical Society
2122:July 29, 1904. Retrieved 4/16/08.
2063:June 29, 1902. Retrieved 4/21/08.
1481:George Floyd protests in Nebraska
1393:, the segregationist governor of
3128:St. John's Greek Orthodox Church
3108:Little Ukrainian Catholic Church
2930:Ethnic groups in Omaha, Nebraska
2791:Ockerman, Emma (July 29, 2020).
2747:
2669:Nebraska: An Illustrated History
2596:"Peaceful protest turns violent"
2468:. Retrieved June 18, 2007. p 93.
2373:Federal Writers Project. (1939)
2269:July 5, 1910. Retrieved 4/20/08.
2205:"South Omaha mob wars on Greeks"
2195:May 13, 1906. Retrieved 4/21/08.
2106:May 15, 1903, Retrieved 4/16/08.
1835:May 22, 1880. Retrieved 4/24/08.
1746:Nebraska: An Illustrated History
1699:Nebraska: An Illustrated History
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1258:Committee for Non-Violent Action
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3093:Danish Brotherhood in America
2619:Walton, Don (13 March 2022).
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546:Trans-Mississippi Exposition
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2386:Larsen and Cottrell (1997)
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2307:Larsen and Cottrell (1997)
2220:Larsen and Cotrell. (2002)
1967:"Militia guard South Omaha"
1801:Phil Sheridan and His Army.
1681:Larsen and Cotrell. (2002)
1668:Larsen and Cotrell. (2002)
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3159:1909 Omaha anti-Greek riot
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2173:"Mob attacks Omaha jail"
2073:"Fatal result of a feud"
2044:"Omaha's hotel prisoner"
1858:"The Red flag torn down"
427:A strike by hundreds of
290:may exist nearer home."
3154:Omaha race riot of 1919
2857:Journal of the West. 35
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214:repeatedly sent in the
1999:"A fight follows Mass"
1758:"A.P.A. makes trouble"
1528:murder of George Floyd
1387:Omaha Civic Auditorium
1212:Thirty members of the
844:Omaha Traction Company
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2667:Luebtke, F.C. (2005)
2558:Omaha: The Gate City.
2455:"History at a Glance"
2388:Omaha: The Gate City.
2338:"History at a Glance"
2309:Omaha: The Gate City.
2222:Omaha: The Gate City.
1983:Dillingham Commission
1891:A Dirty, Wicked Town.
1889:Bristow, D.L. (2002)
1813:"Bold tramps in Iowa"
1744:Luebtke, F.C. (2005)
1697:Luebtke, F.C. (2005)
1683:Omaha: The Gate City.
1670:Omaha: The Gate City.
1279:Civil Rights Movement
1191:, along with much of
662:Western United States
607:racial discrimination
268:Kansas City, Missouri
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3228:Rice–Poindexter case
2584:History of Nebraska.
2569:Levine, B.J. (2004)
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2263:"Omaha negro killed"
1893:Caxton Press. p 253.
1799:Hutton, P.A. (1999)
1483:and protests of the
1081:Robert Leroy Cochran
1016:Economic depression
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950:The Great Depression
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286:difficulties on the
212:Governor of Nebraska
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1874:"Omaha mob at work"
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519:Religious conflict
489:Union Pacific Yards
477:St. Louis, Missouri
324:were brought in as
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114:The following is a
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2754:Omaha World-Herald
2728:Omaha World-Herald
2651:2007-09-29 at the
2609:Retrieved 4/16/08.
2601:2008-09-20 at the
2532:The New York Times
2511:2007-02-28 at the
2503:Graves, S. (2004)
2492:The New York Times
2479:The New York Times
2460:2008-10-29 at the
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1635:A Time for Burning
1557:Zachary Bear Heels
1361:Omaha World-Herald
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1050:Omaha City Council
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609:occurred, pitting
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529:U.S. Supreme Court
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1283:black power
1193:South Omaha
1089:martial law
1063:martial law
1046:arbitration
1000:picket line
986:August 1932
937:meatpacking
904:Willy Brown
852:arbitration
813:South Omaha
712:meatpacking
584:due process
558:Walnut Hill
433:South Omaha
313:May 4, 1880
305:Neola, Iowa
272:Ogden, Utah
156:World War I
131:meatpacking
121:. With its
3243:Categories
3217:Omaha Star
3067:Sheelytown
3047:Greek Town
3029:Ukrainians
2859::2, 50–54.
2852::2, 42–49.
2831:October 8,
1657:References
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1197:walked out
1150:inner-city
1148:from many
1029:April 1935
920:Red Summer
599:world wars
550:streetcars
544:After the
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461:California
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367:Sheelytown
2959:Canadians
2798:August 6,
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404:Lynching
362:Politics
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264:St. Louis
187:open shop
135:railroads
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3004:Mexicans
2989:Italians
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2630:26 April
2599:Archived
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1618:See also
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1366:redlined
1291:protests
1114:athletic
1042:Brooklyn
579:smallpox
457:homeless
429:butchers
220:smelting
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2974:Germans
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139:jobbing
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636:Issue
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288:plains
284:Indian
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248:Event
245:Issue
141:, the
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3009:Poles
2984:Irish
2969:Danes
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242:Date
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